WILLIAM P. CAMPBELL , Talkington township, section eleven, was born April 7, 1846, near Loami; lived there until he was twenty-five years of age, when he married Miss Sarah Dodd, who was born in Bradley county, Tennessee, December 11, 1846; he then bought a farm of one hundred and sixty acres in Talkington township, section eleven, where he now lives. Mr. C. and wife have had four children, three of whom are living, one boy and two girls. He is a member of the Masonic lodge, No. 354, at auburn, Illinois; has been township collector since 1879, and school director of the John's Creek school for the past nine years. In politics he is a Democrat. He and wife are members of the South Fork M. E. Church. His father, William P. Campbell, Sr., was of Scotch descent. He was sergeant in the Black Hawk war, and died August 24, 1868. His wife was Miss Elizabeth Carson, born in Sangamon county, December 25, 1825, of Scotch descent. She is still living on the old homestead in Loami township. The father of Mrs. Wm. P. Campbell, was Charles Dunn, who was born in Knox county, Tennessee, June 19, 1811. He came to Sangamon county at an early day, and settled on a farm in Loami township, where he still resides; he is a member of the Masonic Lodge, No. 354, at Auburn. His wife was Mary T. Jones, born in North Carolina February 5, 1815. They were married February 24, 1831, and had a family of twelve children.